Know Your Enemy
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| Studio album by Manic Street Preachers | ||
| Released | March 19, 2001 | |
| Recorded | 2000 at El Cortijo, Monnow Valley and Rockfield Studios | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 75:34 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Dave Eringa, David Holmes, Greg Haver and Mike Hedges | |
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| Manic Street Preachers chronology | ||
| This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) |
Know Your Enemy (2001) |
Forever Delayed (2002) |
This page is about the Manic Street Preachers album, for other uses see Know Your Enemy (disambiguation).
Know Your Enemy is an album by the Manic Street Preachers. It was released in March 2001 on Virgin Records. The album is arguably the band's most inconsistent in style, with its songs ranging from energetic lo-fi rock songs reminiscent of their earlier material to highly produced, more melodic pop songs as well as for example a disco song. The album also features Nicky Wire's debut as a lead vocalist in the song 'Wattsville Blues' and James Dean Bradfield's debut as a lyricist on 'Ocean Spray'.
The album derives its name from Sun Tzu's The Art of War Part III, 'Act Of Strategum', the English translation being "So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle".
[edit] Track listing
- "Found That Soul" (February 26, 2001) – 3:05
- "Ocean Spray" (June 4, 2001) – 4:11
- "Intravenous Agnostic" – 4:02
- "So Why So Sad" (February 26, 2001) – 4:02
- "Let Robeson Sing" (September 10, 2001) – 3:46
- "The Year of Purification" – 3:39
- "Wattsville Blues" – 4:29
- "Miss Europa Disco Dancer" – 3:52
- "Dead Martyrs" – 3:23
- "His Last Painting" – 3:16
- "My Guernica" – 4:56
- "The Convalescent" – 5:54
- "Royal Correspondent" – 3:31
- "Epicentre" – 6:26
- "Baby Elián" – 3:37
- "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children" – 2:59
- On some versions of this album, there is a hidden track recording at – 8:40, a cover of "We Are All Bourgeois Now" by McCarthy.
- 'Epicentre' features around a minute-long snippet of a vocal part from the song 'Masking Tape' as a hidden track after its ending. 'Masking Tape' was eventually released as a b-side for 'Let Robeson Sing'.
[edit] Trivia
The working title of this album was Fidel, after Cuban president Fidel Castro.
[edit] Musicians
- James Dean Bradfield - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
- Nicky Wire - Bass, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
- Sean Moore - Drums, Programming, Trumpet
- Nick Nasmyth - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
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Band members: James Dean Bradfield - Nicky Wire - Sean Moore |
| Former members: Flicker (Miles Woodward) - Richey James Edwards |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Generation Terrorists - Gold Against the Soul - The Holy Bible - Everything Must Go - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours - Know Your Enemy - Lifeblood - Send Away The Tigers |
| EPs: New Art Riot - Life Becoming a Landslide - God Save the Manics |
| Compilations: Forever Delayed - Lipstick Traces |
| DVDs Leaving The 20th Century - Forever Delayed - Louder than War |
